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Officially, definitively, 2 wins from Charlotte

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I know, I know. We’ll lose by 100 to Wake and Syracuse. I got it.

I’m only posting this because I’m seeing a ton of people in threads who don’t understand this.

With Pitt’s loss to UVA tonight, Miami clinches a trip to Charlotte with wins against Wake and Syracuse. That’s it. No fuzzy tiebreakers, no rooting for other teams to lose, no hopes and prayers, no math.

It’s simple.

Win your next 2 games, you go to Charlotte. Win that, you get a bye and top 4 seed in the playoffs.

I’m not going to discuss scenarios, and listen to people say we’ll get beat by 60 blah blah blah. This is only a thread for people who want to see the team play in Charlotte and possibly win the ACC.

You have nothing else to pay attention to other than Miami’s next 2 games. If they win those, Miami goes to Charlotte. No exceptions.
 
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The defense is a mess, but Ward needs to stop playing hero ball. He turns down check downs holding the ball looking for a bigger play thst isn't there. Sometimes the defense wins, especially going against safe deep coverage. He's not patient. That's my biggest criticism. We had 2nd and 10 on the fumble that ended the game. There were 2 check downs on the play that were wide open and chose not to take them looking for a bigger play.

Cam has to take what the defense gives him. The risk of a sack even if he doesn't fumble puts Miami in 3rd and 15+ vs 3rd and 5-. I'm not in the take the good with the bad camp. I wish Dawnson would get in his ear and on his a**!!! Just because he's great doesn't mean he can't be coached hard or give him the right to put the team at risk in a critical position.

The loss wasn't on Cam, but he has to play smarter. Play the down, the distance, and the clock. There was no need to take the unnecessary risks for a low percentage throw given the coverage, the down, and the time remaining in the game.
 
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WeBallinBoyz said:
We will be 20+ point favorites against Wake. They are…bad.

Would be nice to actually take care of an inferior team from start to finish.

Cuse…well, we’ll get there when we get there. But their defense stinks, and Cam should throw for 400+ on them.
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they put up 35 on cal. That slow rpo mesh may get us man lol.
 
WeBallinBoyz said:
We will be 20+ point favorites against Wake. They are…bad.

Would be nice to actually take care of an inferior team from start to finish.

Cuse…well, we’ll get there when we get there. But their defense stinks, and Cam should throw for 400+ on them.
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Tbh I'd rather we run for 300 on them like BC did today. Probably the best thing we could do for this defense
 
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OptimusCreampie said:
they put up 35 on cal. That slow rpo mesh may get us man lol.
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Two weeks to prepare. It's like Mario said. The GT loss has to hurt. The effort for 3 quarters was pathetic. No energy. Every game is a playoff game. That's the mentality and urgency that has to be there at the kickoff and it isn't. You can tell because you see a different team at the end of the game stepping up when stops have to be made. That points to culture still being an issue. Too many guys look like they're just happy collecting checks.

Guidry is not making enough personnel adjustments. I don't care if the young guys don't have experience. They are more talented, more athletic, and can make the plays that the veteran starters physically can't.

LB and DE play has been a liability. The starting DEs don't maintain an edge and get beat easily on outside runs. I love Bain, but he needs to move inside next year. He's nearly 280 now and is likely a DT in the NFL. We have so many fast and twitchy DEs that don't play. They are young, but they need playing time because they can erase so much of what GT and other teams are doing to our defense. The same goes for LB. Popo is injured, but Popo, Pruitt and Washington can play side to side and cover RBs and TEs in space.

It's time to put fear of youth aside. Get them in the game plan for WF and then Giidry will have options to match the personnel that offenses are throwing at him.
 
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OrangeBowlMagic said:
I know, I know. We’ll lose by 100 to Wake and Syracuse. I got it.

I’m only posting this because I’m seeing a ton of people in threads who don’t understand this.

With Pitt’s loss to UVA tonight, Miami clinches a trip to Charlotte with wins against Wake and Syracuse. That’s it. No fuzzy tiebreakers, no rooting for other teams to lose, no hopes and prayers, no math.

It’s simple.

Win your next 2 games, you go to Charlotte. Win that, you get a bye and top 4 seed in the playoffs.

I’m not going to discuss scenarios, and listen to people say we’ll get beat by 60 blah blah blah. This is only a thread for people who want to see the team play in Charlotte and possibly win the ACC.

You have nothing else to play attention to other than Miami’s next 2 games. If they win those, Miami goes to Charlotte. No exceptions.
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You’re such a blessing to this forum.
 
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